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Dialect of East Anglia Subject pronouns in imperatives Go you on! Shut you up!

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Dialect of East Anglia ‘What’ as a relative marker He’s the one what done it. A book what I read.

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Dialect of East Anglia New conjunctions Go you and have a good wash time I git tea ready. There weren’t no laburnum, yet no lilac. The fruit and vegetables weren’t as big as last year, more weren’t the taters and onions.

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South-Eastern American English 4. A-prefixing (1)They came a-lookin’ for the possum. (2)She was a-huntin’ and a-fishin’. (3)Rex was at/on fishin’. 5. Leveling of past-past participle (1)I went – I had went (2)He done the work – He have done the work (3)They drinked the beer- They have drinked the beer

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South-Eastern American English 7.Double modals (1)He might could come. (2)He useto couldn’t count. 8.‘Aint’ is commonly used in place of ‘haven’t’ and ‘aren’t’ (1)She ain’t there. (2)She ain’t never done no work.

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British vs. American English 1.In American English, [t] has become a flap after stressed syllables, at the beginning of an unstressed syllable (e.g. butter). 2.In American English, [l] is stronger velarized at the end of a word (e.g. call). 3.In British English, [æ] has become [a] in many words. 4.Schwa is more centralized in American English (e.g. but).

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British vs. American English 1.In American English, [t] has become a flap after stressed syllables, at the beginning of an unstressed syllable (e.g. butter). 2.In American English, [l] is stronger velarized at the end of a word (e.g. call). 3.In British English, [æ] has become [a] in many words. 4.Schwa is more centralized in American English (e.g. but).

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British vs. American English 5.Most British dialects have lost postvocalic [r], while most American dialects have kept it (e.g. [ka] vs. [kar] ‘car’).

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British vs. American English Plural of collective nouns British The hotel make a point of insulting their guests. The government are busy. American The hotel makes a point of insulting their guests. The government is busy.

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British vs. American English Prepositions BritishAmerican be in hospitalbe in the hospital go to universitygo to the university be in the classbe in class

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British vs. American English River names BritishAmerican River ThamesThames river

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British vs. American English Get - gotten BritishAmericanI have got a pen. I have gotten a pen.

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British vs. American English Future shall BritishAmerican I shall be there.I will be there.

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British vs. American English Have-questions British Have you a room of your own? American Do you have a room of your own?

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British vs. American English Subjunctive British The judge ordered that he should be held. American The judged ordered that he be held.

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British vs. American English Do after auxiliary British Have you read the paper yet? No, but I shall do. American Have you read the paper yet? No, but I will.

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British vs. American English Ditransitives BritishAmericanGive me it. Give it me.*Give it me.

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British vs. American English Conjunctions British I’ll come immediately my class is over. American I’ll come as soon as my class is over.